Nope. Can you imagine S_C not just overlooking an error by Keith freaking Ballard leading to a goal, but blaming another Canuck for the breakdown?Strangelove wrote:That's what everyone keeps saying, but i could've sworn he got the puck to Ballard, who failed to get the puck out???Southern_Canuck wrote: Higgins... bobbled the puck on a zone clear that led to Columbus' first goal.
If you check the replay Higgins comes out of a scrum in the corner with the puck and tries to move it to Hansen at the top of the circle but its blocked by a BJ forward. Higgins recovers the puck again and moves towards the middle of the ice before being checked; Malhotra skates onto it and knocks it back to the halfboards where Derek MacKenzie moves it across to Atkinson.
Ballard was coming out from the corner (he was also in the initial scrum) and didn't arrive in time to block either the pass to Atkinson or his shot.. Matt Calvert was also heading to the net and Ballard was the lone Canuck so he couldn't really commit to either forward without leaving the other one wide open.
A better hockey mind than mine might be able to say which Canuck wears the goat horns on that play but IMO it was just solid forechecking, a good pass and a well-placed shot to take advantage of some not-stellar defensive play by the Canucks.